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Title: The First Jewish Chief Of The Republican Party Came Out As Gay
Source: JTA
URL Source: http://www.jta.org/news/article/201 ... 40634/mehlman-comes-out-as-gay
Published: Aug 26, 2010
Author: JT
Post Date: 2010-08-26 17:35:37 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 3831
Comments: 2

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The first Jewish chief of the Republican Party came out as gay.

Ken Mehlman has told friends and family that he is gay, The Atlantic magazine reported online Wednesday.

"Everybody has their own path to travel, their own journey, and for me, over the past few months, I've told my family, friends, former colleagues, and current colleagues, and they've been wonderful and supportive," Mehlman, who ran George W. Bush's successful reelection campaign in 2004 and who led the Republican National Committee from 2005-2007, told The Atlantic. "The process has been something that's made me a happier and better person. It's something I wish I had done years ago."

Mehlman, 44, was a leading advocate in the party for reaching out to minorities, a cause also close to the heart of Bush, who mentored Mehlman.

One of the reasons Mehlman, now an executive with a private equity firm, left politics was his disappointment, as Bush became less influential, that the party adopted positions that alienated Hispanics, blacks and gays.

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#1. To: Brian S (#0) (Edited)

The GOP has had a strange history of closet homosexuals in charge.

One of the three BIG "New Right" fundraisers in the late 70s / early 80s (Terry Dolan) who helped put Reagan into office was a closet homosexual who actually died of AIDS.

How many GOP Congressmen and Senators have had homosexual scandals with staffers or in public restrooms? Far more than the Democrats.

I suspect that A K A Stone and war will have radically different opinions on what this means.

There are a lot of gays who are "conservative" otherwise (i.e., for the free market, business, low taxes, etc). They take their chance undercover with the GOP rather than supporting the socialist Democrats, because the economy is important to them.

In the technology business, I've met quite a few of these people.

My view is that the GOP needs to welcome them. We don't have to agree with what they do (what they do with their "partner" makes me ill). But anyone who is for the free market and limited government is my ally.


American public policy has been dominated by Democrats who don't care and Republicans that don't dare -- Dick Armey

jwpegler  posted on  2010-08-26   17:55:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: A K A Stone, war (#1)

Sorry, see post #1


American public policy has been dominated by Democrats who don't care and Republicans that don't dare -- Dick Armey

jwpegler  posted on  2010-08-26   17:56:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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